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The image was used in advertisements for Szigeti's recording of the Brahms concerto with Bruno Walter, considered by many to be among the finest on record.  8 x 10 inches, mounted to a rigid backing, a few scattered marks and small creases, overall very good.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093095960735,"sku":"350","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Szigeti_Brahms_SP_350723.jpg?v=1722185907"},{"product_id":"3720-dance-makarova-natalia-b-1940-signed-original-photograph-with-nureyev","title":"[Dance] Makarova, Natalia (b. 1940) Signed Original Photograph with Nureyev","description":"\u003cp\u003eSigned original photograph of the two great dancers as they appeared together on the same stage for the first time in the United States, July 28, 1983. The photograph signed and dated  on the verso (the date of printing) by the photographer, \"W. Reilly \/ 7.30.83\" and boldly in red ink by Makarova across the image.  She and Nureyev are shown with many bouquets of flowers following their appearance as guests with Roland Petit's Ballet National de Marseille at the Metropolitan Opera House.  Both defectors from the Kirov Ballet, their partnership had only recently been renewed, having been cut short 10 years earlier during a contretemps onstage in Paris where Makarova had accused Nureyev publicly of dropping her.  In very fine condition. 25.5 x 20 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093201801375,"sku":"3720","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Makarova_SP_3720609.jpg?v=1722186561"},{"product_id":"4145-green-johnny-1908-1989-signed-photograph","title":"Green, Johnny. 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A remarkable signed photograph inscribed to the violinist who was concertmaster of the NY Philharmonic from 1943 - 1966 and whose son is an important American composer.  A handsome half-length portrait, showing an intense and focused Cantelli staring directly into the camera wearing a suit and tie with his arms crossed. Inscribed:  \"To John Corigliano in appreciation for his wonderful artistry. Guido Cantelli. March 10, 1952.\"  7.5 x 9.75 inches.  Mounted on white heavy matte board and inscribed on wide lower white margin with tiny chip on top edge, otherwise in fine condition.  A wonderful association\/presentation photograph from one great artist to another.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093219823775,"sku":"4277","price":900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Cantelli_2C_Guido_SP_4277.jpg?v=1722186665"},{"product_id":"4691-beethoven-ludwig-van-1770-1827-preyer-gottfried-1807-1901-diabelli-anton-1781-1858-autograph-letter-to-diabelli","title":"[Beethoven, Ludwig van. (1770–1827)] Preyer, Gottfried. (1807–1901) [Diabelli, Anton. (1781–1858)] Autograph Letter to Diabelli","description":"Uncommon autograph letter from the Austrian composer, conductor and teacher.  Addressed to publisher, Anton Diabelli asking for a copy of his composition, \"Ave Maria.\" Vienna, ca. 1850. 5.3 x 8.5 inches.  Very fine condition. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBest known in his time as a publisher (he was Schubert's first publisher), Diabelli is most familiar today as the composer of the waltz on which Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his celebrated set of thirty-three \"Diabelli Variations.\"","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093233094815,"sku":"4691","price":165.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Preyer_2C_Gottfried_ALS_4691.jpg?v=1722186748"},{"product_id":"4684-bernstein-leonard-1918-1990-autograph-letter-regarding-english-bach-festival","title":"Bernstein, Leonard. (1918–1990) Autograph Letter regarding English Bach Festival.","description":"\u003cp\u003eALS, one page, 6.75 x 9.25, personal letterhead, March 7, 1972. Letter to Greek harpsichordist Lina Lalandi. 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Indeed Bernstein, as third president of this society, was in good company, having followed Albert Schweitzer and Igor Stravinsky.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093233193119,"sku":"4684","price":850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Bernstein_2C_Leonard_ALS_4684.jpg?v=1722186749"},{"product_id":"4748-film-theatre-chaplin-charlie-1889-1977-original-photograph-in-carmen","title":"[Film \u0026 Theatre] Chaplin, Charlie. (1889-1977) Original Photograph in Carmen","description":"An unusual photograph of the great comedian in his 1915 parody of Bizet's Carmen. A second generation print, probably printed ca.1940.  Edges rough and with one tear in lower area of image.  7.5 x 9.5 inches. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharlie Chaplin's 48th Film was released Dec. 18 1915 as a two-reel parody of Bizet's Carmen, in which Darn Hosiery (Chaplin) a Spanish officer, is seduced by the gypsy girl Carmen (Edna Purviance), leading to his disgrace and downfall. It was Chaplin's 13th and last film for Essanay Films. Later, the studio padded the film with two more reels of non-Chaplin material and re-released it as a four-reel film in 1916.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093235290271,"sku":"4748","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Chaplin_2C_Charlie_Photograph_4748.jpg?v=1722186762"},{"product_id":"4852-ferrier-kathleen-1912-1953-important-autobiographical-autograph-letter","title":"Ferrier, Kathleen. 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Never forget the sight of the R.A.H. crammed to suffocation.\" Ferrier further recounts an amusing anecdote about the difficulties she encountered when travelling by train to a small village in Yorkshire in order to sing Messiah and in concluding states that she will be \"having first shot at opera\" in the summer when she appears in the title role of Benjamin Britten's new work The Rape of Lucretia. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn extraordinary rare letter of outstanding content. Some minor tape stains and small tears in the upper left corner of each page, only slightly affecting the text but not signature, otherwise fine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBenjamin Britten wrote his two act opera The Rape of Lucretia for Kathleen Ferrier and it is the first work to which the composer applied his term \"chamber opera.\" The opera was first performed at Glyndebourne on 12th July 1946, with Ferrier in the title role.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBruno Walter wrote of Ferrier “No summit of solemnity was inaccessible to her, and it was particularly music of spiritual meaning that seemed her most personal domain.”","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093238239391,"sku":"4852","price":1600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Ferrier_ALS_4852.jpg?v=1722186779"},{"product_id":"4933-cortot-alfred-1877-1962-signed-recital-program","title":"Cortot, Alfred. 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He was always, according to Ernest Newman, 'a patrician artist...with a respect for art that is rarely met with among tenors.'\" (Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Grove Online)\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093241516191,"sku":"4960","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/McCormack_2C_John_large_photo_4960.jpg?v=1722186799"},{"product_id":"5138-film-amp-theatre-todd-michael-1907-1958-typed-letter","title":"[Film \u0026amp; Theatre] Todd, Michael. (1907 - 1958) Typed Letter","description":"TLS. 1 page, July 18, 1940. On comical \"Michael Todd (Without Appendix)\" letterhead. To Louise Tobin: \"Thanks a lot for your interest in my so-called illness. Confidentially, I enjoyed every minute of it and wouldn't have missed it.  I heard you on the air the other night with Bradley and I think you are okay. Probably you do, too, so we won't have any argument on that account. Regards, Michael [in ink],\" adding an autograph postscript \"someone here 'my nurse' is sealing this.\"  Creased, else fine.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn interesting letter from the American theatre and film producer, best known for his 1956 production of \"Around the World in Eighty Days,\" which won an Academy Award for Best Picture. Also well-known as one of Elizabeth Taylor's husbands, Todd died on 22 March 1958, when his private plane, Lucky Liz, crashed near Grants, New Mexico.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093247611039,"sku":"5138","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Todd_2C_Michael_TLS_5138.jpg?v=1722186837"},{"product_id":"5254-anda-geza-1921-1976-signed-photograph","title":"Anda, Geza. 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One of the GREATS.  In very fine condition, measuring 8 x 10 inches, signed and dated 1985 in bold black ink.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093254656159,"sku":"5356","price":475.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Milstein_SP_5356720.jpg?v=1722186881"},{"product_id":"5443-bantock-granville-1868-1946-autograph-musical-quotation-and-original-photograph","title":"Bantock, Granville. (1868 - 1946) Autograph Musical Quotation and Original Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eBoldly penned AMQS from the popular English composer.  Four measures from an unidentified work in C Major, marked \"F[orte] espress[ivo]\" and signed \"Granville Bantock\" and dated 1937 lower right in an unknown hand.  18 x 6.5 cm. Together with an original head and shoulders photograph (14.5 x 20 cm) of the composer.  Mounting remnants to verso of AMQS and some toning around the edges. The photograph mounted to rigid backing, else fine. Scarce.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093258293407,"sku":"5443","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Bantock_amqs_5443737.jpg?v=1722186901"},{"product_id":"5450-massenet-jules-1842-1912-autograph-letter-regarding-the-saxophone-part-for-werther","title":"Massenet, Jules. (1842-1912) Autograph Letter regarding the saxophone part for Werther","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn interesting brief and undated letter to a friend. 1 page, in part: “a- t- on pensé à envoyer la partie de saxophone arrangée pour clarinette basse avec la parti[tio]n d'orchestre de Werther. C'est nécessaire, utile et même urgent !!!...\" [\"Have you thought to send the saxophone part arranged for bass clarinet with the orchestral score for Werther. It's necessary, useful and quite urgent!!!.\"] Usual folds, in very fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093258424479,"sku":"5450","price":375.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Massenet_2C_Jules_ALS_5450.jpg?v=1722186903"},{"product_id":"5626-dubois-theodore-1837-1924-signed-photograph","title":"Dubois, Théodore. (1837-1924) Signed Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eSigned postcard photograph of the important French organist, composer and teacher who won the Prix de Rome in 1861 and succeeded Franck as the choirmaster of the Basilica of Sainte-Clotilde. Already the choirmaster of the Church of the Madeleine, in 1877 he succeeded Saint-Saens as the organist there.  An influential teacher at the Conservatoire, he taught Paul Dukas and Florent Schmitt, among others.  As a composer, he wrote operas, ballets, symphonies and oratorios - the best known of which is his \"Les Sept Paroles du Christ.\"   Boldly signed and inscribed in a light area of the image and in very fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093264847007,"sku":"5626","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Dubois_2C_Theodore_SP_5626.jpg?v=1722186936"},{"product_id":"5712-dance-duncan-isadora-1877-1927-original-photograph","title":"[Dance] Duncan, Isadora. 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Boldly signed in pencil.  2 file holes, lower edges creased, else fine. 14 x 26.5 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093280772255,"sku":"6075","price":165.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Grainger_2C_Percy_AS_6075481.jpg?v=1722187030"},{"product_id":"6434-film-amp-theatre-bernhardt-sarah-1844-1923-amp-serao-matilde-1856-1927-spirited-autograph-note","title":"[Film \u0026amp; Theatre] Bernhardt, Sarah. (1844-1923) \u0026amp; Serao, Matilde. 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This will save this page - Sarah Bernhardt.\" 18 x 23 cm and in very fine condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093292109983,"sku":"6434","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Bernhardt_2C_Sarah_and_Matilde_Serao_ALS_6434.jpg?v=1722187097"},{"product_id":"6653-menuhin-yehudi-1916-1999-signed-letter-about-bartok-and-schumann-and-britten","title":"Menuhin, Yehudi. (1916–1999) Signed Letter about Bartok and Schumann and Britten!","description":"1 page. May 21st , no year [but ca. 1957 ]. On printed letterhead, addressed to Ian Cossor. A few stains, signature somewhat faded, otherwise fine. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA highly interesting letter from the great violinist, mentioning his new recording of Bartok's Solo Sonata, a work premiered by and dedicated to him in 1944. He also mentions Bartok's Violin and Piano Sonata, noting that it \"gives enormous insight into the musical mind of Bartok.\" Responding to an apparent suggestion that he record the Schumann violin concerto, Menuhin notes that \"somehow the public does not seem to want to hear the Schumann concerto, I fear, and therefore there does not seem much hope of recording it. For all the occasionally beautiful writing it is on the whole an ineffectual work and fails to fix itself securely in the ears of its hearers.\"  Menuhin closes his letter, writing \"I am glad to learn that it was the Aldeburgh Festival had such an influence on your outlook as far as music is concerned. I can think of no better introduction to the full meaning of it than that furnished by Benjamin Britten's taste.\"","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093299613855,"sku":"6653","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Menuhin_TLS_6653719.jpg?v=1722187140"},{"product_id":"6741-schmedes-hakon-1877-1938-autograph-musical-quotation","title":"Schmedes, Hakon. (1877 - 1938) Autograph Musical Quotation","description":"Boldly penned AMQS from the Danish violinist and composer. On an album page dated April 4, 1903 and measuring 12 x 17.5 cm. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA student of Anton Svendsen, Schmedes was second violinist in Jacques Thibaud's quartet in Paris from 1902 -1904 before joining the Boston Symphony. 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With kindest regards, also from my daughters, and our best wishes for the new year. Yours sincerely, [signed in pencil] Jean Sibelius\" and signed additionally in ink by the composer's wife, \"Aino Sibelius.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093320585375,"sku":"7295","price":800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Sibelius_2C_Jean_Signed_Letter_7295.jpg?v=1722187275"},{"product_id":"7351-sibelius-jean-1865-1957-signed-photograph-to-n-w-d-r-symphony","title":"Sibelius, Jean. (1865-1957) Signed Photograph to N.W.D.R. Symphony","description":"Doubleweight sepia matte photograph of the influential Finnish composer. An intense original profile bust portrait by Fred Runeberg of Helsinki, boldly signed and inscribed on the mount \"An das Sinfonie-Orchester des N.W.D. R. in Dankbarkeit \/ Jean Sibelius.\"  7.75 x 10.5 inches. 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Binding heavily worn with chipping to edges and losses along spine. Internally very good.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBloomer girl opened on Broadway on October 4, 1944. It ran for 657 performances and while successful, it has seldom been revived. Set in 1861, it tackles (in a lighthearted mode) subjects as serious as the emancipation of both women and slaves.  With choreography by Agnes DeMille, it solidified the stardom of Celeste Holm, who portrayed Evelina, the bloomer girl of the title.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093325566111,"sku":"7452","price":1750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Arlen_1.jpg?v=1722187304"},{"product_id":"7470-honegger-arthur-1892-1955-antigone-tragedie-musicale-signed-inscribed-to-jacques-rouche-with-an-als","title":"Honegger, Arthur. (1892-1955) Antigone. 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Also, I recorded \"Horace Victorieux\" and excerpts of Antigone with [Jacques] Brillouin as well as \"David,\" \"Judith\" and my other symphonic pieces. I've enclosed also the watercolor of André Marty and the two photos of [Emile] Colonne as Crian [sic]. I wanted to tell you again how happy I was to learn that you were interested in Antigone and how touched I was that you were willing to make such a tiresome trip to come hear it. Thank you and accept my gratitude. A. Honegger.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn interesting dedication copy and letter to an important figure in the musical life of Paris at the time.  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As mistress of Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, she was reportedly a co-conspirator in the December 1916 murder of Grigori Rasputin.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093326581919,"sku":"7512","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Karalli_2C_Vera_SP_7512598.jpg?v=1722187310"},{"product_id":"7670-sondheim-stephen-1930-2021-original-1977-photograph","title":"Sondheim, Stephen. 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Wrappers stained along upper edge, spine chipped and worn, markings in red and graphite pencil throughout. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStravinsky's Mavra is a one-act opera buffa and one of the earliest works of the composer's 'neo-classical' period. The libretto of the opera, by Boris Kochno, is based on Aleksandr Pushkin's The Little House in Kolomna. Mavra premiered in Paris on June 3, 1922, staged under the auspices of Sergei Diaghilev, with Oda Slobdoskaya among the original cast and though it was not successful,  it was praised by Satie and Stravinsky himself later said that \"Mavra seems to me the best thing I've done\".","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093344669855,"sku":"8041","price":1000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Stravinsky_Mavra_Score_Sig_8041a.jpg?v=1722187422"},{"product_id":"8099-jazz-song-piaf-edith-1915-1963-early-signed-photograph","title":"[Jazz \u0026 Song] Piaf, Edith. (1915–1963) Early Signed Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eVery early signed photograph of the great French chanteuse.  Small creases upper left, else fine. 8.5 x 13.5 cm. 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Before the great finale Mr. and Mrs. Ormandy paid a visit to the 90 year old composer Sibelius himself. Photo shows Sibelius seen as he acknowledges the cheers of the onlookers - during the celebrations in Helsinki.\" 8 x 10 inches, some small tears along upper and lower edges, else fine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093350338719,"sku":"8220","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Sibelius_2C_Jean_Photograph_8220.jpg?v=1722187458"},{"product_id":"8244-milhaud-darius-1892-1974-signed-portrait","title":"Milhaud, Darius. (1892–1974) Signed Portrait","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eBoldly signed original black ink portrait of the French composer. Signed by the artist Maurice Bloch within the image and inscribed to him below by Milhaud: \"To E. Maurice Bloch very sincerely A. 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